China National Highway 209

National Highway 209
209国道
Route information
Length 3,435 km (2,134 mi)
Major junctions
From Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
To Beihai, Guangxi
Highway system
China National Highways
Highway 209 climbing from the Liangtai River valley (Gaoqiao town) toward Wanchaoshan Mt (Wujiaping), in Xingshan County, Hubei

China National Highway 209 (G209) runs from Hohhot, Inner Mongolia to Beihai, Guangxi province. It is 3,435 kilometres in length and runs south from Huhhot towards Shanxi province, Henan province, Hubei province, Hunan province, and ends in Guangxi province.

Despite the "National Highway" designation, G209 is not of uniform quality throughout its length.[1] For example, as of 2009, the 20-kilometer section north of Badong is nothing but a very poor dirt road. Nonetheless, even that section is of importance for the national highway system: it is used e.g. by long-distance buses plying the route between Badong and points east. Many parts of the Muyu to Hongping section (in Hubei's Shennongjia Forestry District) are not much better. On the other hand, the section from the Shennongjia National Park entry to Muyu to Baishahe Village (in Nanyang Town, Xingshan County) is part of a recently upgraded Yichang-Shennongjia Highway.

Route and distance

Near Wenshui village (Hongping Town, Shennongjia)
Junction with a Hubei provincial highway in Baishahe Village, Nanyang Town, Xingshan County, Hubei. For the next 52 km to the north (to Muyu) G209 will follow the Xiangping River, doubling as part of the Yichang-Shennongjia Highway; for the 72 km to the southwest, it will be crossing two mountain ranges to get to Badong
A not-yet-improved section of G209 just north of Badong
Crossing the Yangtze on the Badong Bridge
Route and distance
CityDistance (km)
Huhhot, Inner Mongolia0
Horinger, Inner Mongolia57
Qingshuihe, Inner Mongolia136
Pianguan, Shanxi231
Wuzhai, Shanxi312
Kelan, Shanxi351
Lanxian, Shanxi419
Fangshan, Shanxi485
Lishi, Shanxi531
Zhongyang, Shanxi558
Jiaokou, Shanxi605
Xixian, Shanxi652
Daning, Shanxi692
Jixian, Shanxi744
Xiangning, Shanxi774
Hejin, Shanxi836
Linyi County, Shanxi891
Yuncheng, Shanxi911
Pinglu, Shanxi960
Sanmenxia, Henan968
Lingbao, Henan1028
Lushi, Henan1109
Xixia, Henan1230
Xixian, Henan1304
Yunxian, Hubei1366
Shiyan, Hubei1398
Fangxian, Hubei1501
Muyu, Hubei
Nanyang Town, Hubei
Badong, Hubei1775
Jianshi, Hubei1923
Enshi, Hubei1978
Xuan'en, Hubei2068
Laifeng, Hubei2158
Longshan, Hunan2167
Yongshun, Hunan2224
Baojing, Hunan2281
Huayuan, Hunan2307
Jishou, Hunan2377
Fenghuang, Hunan2431
Mayang, Hunan2466
Huaihua, Hunan2525
Zhongfang, Hunan2544
Hongjiang, Hunan2575
Huitong, Hunan2627
Jingzhou, Hunan2667
Tongdao, Hunan2748
Sanjiang, Guangxi2826
Rong'an, Guangxi2909
Liuzhou, Guangxi3028
Wuxuan, Guangxi3123
Lingshan, Guangxi3286
Hepu, Guangxi3407
Beihai, Guangxi3435

See also

References

  1. ↑ See e.g. the characterization of the China National Highway 318 and China National Highway 209 as "unstable and unsafe" in: Yichang-Wanzhou Railway (SEIA) (Asian Development Bank, June 2003), p.6


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